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After checking this watch out for a while, i decided to pull the trigger on it.... I sort of wish I hadn't for a couple of reasons;
Anyway, seeing as this particular watch has already stopped on me, I've decided to enlist my watch guy for a service and while we're at it, we're going to disable the GMT function on the watch by simply toggling the chrono stop/start pusher tab to 'off'.... Obviously this can only be done from inside the watch, but I see no reason as to why this can't be done, because although the chrono feature has been modified, the pusher tabs are almost certainly still intact - just not engaged due to the lack of start/stop pushers on the outside of the watch.... So, once stopped, pressing the reset tab will/should see the (normally running) seconds hand reset to 12 and hopefully yield a much more reliable watch....
I will update with progress in the future
- It looks better and more interesting in the pics
- the simple modifications to the movement make it less than desirable IMO
Anyway, seeing as this particular watch has already stopped on me, I've decided to enlist my watch guy for a service and while we're at it, we're going to disable the GMT function on the watch by simply toggling the chrono stop/start pusher tab to 'off'.... Obviously this can only be done from inside the watch, but I see no reason as to why this can't be done, because although the chrono feature has been modified, the pusher tabs are almost certainly still intact - just not engaged due to the lack of start/stop pushers on the outside of the watch.... So, once stopped, pressing the reset tab will/should see the (normally running) seconds hand reset to 12 and hopefully yield a much more reliable watch....
I will update with progress in the future